California government, financial and marijuana business leaders met last week in a far-from-resolved debate over whether a state-run bank could be the solution to the cannabis industry’s banking problem.

As California’s legal marijuana industry booms, property owners and entrepreneurs are seizing the chance to transform spaces across the state into cannabis grow sites, processing facilities and dispensaries.

Starting out with a jar of gifted, locally-made Thai red curry paste, and pairing that with chicken and vegetables seems like a perfect way to try the savory spice blend. The foundation of the meal starts with infused canna-coconut oil.

My goal for the day: Make some seasoned cannabutters, good for medicating and tasty for snacking. It helped that one of my grower friends was coming over to give us a harvesting lesson on three lovely plants.

Don’t leave a bag of chips around chef Hosea Rosenberg. It’s his guilty pleasure and if he has been smoking weed he will eat them all, especially Chili Cheese Fritos. But if those aren’t available, still beware. It doesn’t matter what type of salty, fatty and crunchy food is there.…